AAU President Mary Sue Coleman today wrote to House and Senate Appropriations leaders to applaud their efforts in securing increased higher education and research investments in FY19 and urge completion of the remaining FY19 appropriations bills after the midterm elections. President Coleman said that their support for the NIH, departments of Energy and Defense research, and the increase to the Pell Grant maximum award “represent another important step in renewing the federal government-university partnership that has helped secure our nation and resulted in leaps in technological innovation, improved public health, and sustained economic growth.”